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Weights in the gym as well today.
Swittle, I wish mate!!
Could'nt keep that pace up for a full 10K I reckon, may have a go but dont want to burn out!! I'm going for a quick 1st half and steady 2nd half, but as long as its sub 48mins i'm not bothered!!
Well, Paul, you may end up surprising yourself - best of luck
0635 Ran my regular time trial and was 2 seconds off my best this year, which I'm chuffed about, as the wind was so gusty in places, I was almost standing still - I'm not that quick at the best of times
5.5 miles, 46:40, JogWatch: 3
Not had an oppertunity to log on recently so here are my last 3 runs.
Tues: 5.2 miles in 38'50 @ 7:29mm
wed: 6.53 miles in 49'46" @ 7:37 mm Jogwatch 1
today 8.03 miles in 58'23" @ 7:16 mm Jogwatch 1
Have been finding it hard getting going in the mornings which meant I missed Sundays LSR.
YT: 908, MT: 104
Club night with a good turnout despite the cold wind.
Jog to & from the industrial estate (we get all the good views) with reps
6x 400m all within a few seconds of 1m 34
2x500 about 1m 55.
Overall not out long & only covered 3.7 miles but think the speedwork is doing me good??
Felt better from the start on this rainy 5-miler around Waterloo. Dark & dreary tho' and I think I've had enough wind & rain for the time being. 42:04, JogWatch: 0
Did another 3.6m loop this lunch time. My ankle felt ok again so increased the pace a bit today. Ended up doing 3.6m in 25.27 which was fine. Most importantly no pain in the ankle. It doesnt feel perfect but its not hurting.
So to ruin it all I am going to do the 10k race on Sunday, yep its going to be v wet v windy and v cold but what the hell. Not sure if I am going to run it hard or not, will see how my ankle feels on the moring. Looking forward to it.
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Nice running everyone.
I have taken the week off to let my foot recover ... its been bugging me for a month now but I couldn't make myself take break until my 10K race was done and dusted. Off to Dublin tomorrow to see ireland v South Africa ... so by the time the Guinness is out of my system it may be Wednesday before I run again!
Have a good w'end of running!
I had piglet flu last Friday, some weird 24hr thing, was going to wait til Dec 1st to start again but decided to give it a whirl tonight as I felt fine.
Club run - Lot of talk about tomorrow's x-c so everyone was going to take it easy which was fine by me.
Set off and it was way too easy so I went of on my own, Dave caugt me just after Capenhurst Ln and we ran together from there. Went thru first 1.91 miles @ 7:19m/m.
Did the loop round Tin Town and at this point I was starting to struggle. Thru next 1.46 miles @ 7:16m/m.
Taking it easyish on the way back until Nicky caught us and passed us, Dave went with her and I tried but simply couldn't. Tried again for the last mile but the body was having none of it. Last 1.76 miles @ 7:37m/m. I did give up a bit in the last 1/2 mile or so and jogged it in.
5.13 miles - 38:03.55 - 7;25m/m.
Ankle was niggling a bit as well.
JogWatch - 2 (well they appeared to be joggers but they were in a hurry to get somewhere, the first one went the bookies)
Did two short runs on the treadie this week. Tuesday I had 8 minutes pain free (woo!) then it niggled, so I stopped. Spinning on Wed, then on the treadie again Thurs. 10 minutes easy with a stop for a stretch as the ITB was clicking, then I did some 1 minute fast intervals, which didn't hurt at all. Yey! Physio was happy with my progress, so it's really starting to look positive.
Trainer tomorrow, so we'll see how my knee is on the roads again.
Good news, I am back to running after an enforced lay-off due to tendon problems.
Yesterday's session was more of a "can I still run?" kind of session, 4 miles in about 35 minutes, I didn't take my Garmin with me at all, so no specifics.
Todays was a normal Saturday morning 10k, with the final mile at 10k pace (seeing as I have a race in 3 weeks, I'm doing this now to get accustomed to running at 10k pace). Completed the 6.27 miles in 47:18 (7:32/mile), with a 77% average HR (higher than normal due to the 10k mile at the end), peaking at 88% MHR.
Is that the best you can do!! My god boy you'd better get faster than that!!
My last run was an 11 miler hill run. It hurt and was getting dark by the time I'd finished.
Its Ok I'm allowed to speak to SPsyduckM like that!! I'm off- wont bother you again! - promise.
Not long back from the Wesham 10K and just finished a massive plate of beans on toast!!
Got to say a BIG thank you to all the organisers and marshalls out on the course!! Proper well organised event, from the signs from the motorway to the car park down to the course marshalls at well signed turning points!!
Even the weather came good in the end with IDEAL running conditions!! Found the course a bit 'up hill, down dale' but even that made it fun!!
Really pleased with my run except a slight wobble during mile 6 when I felt a little faint but despite that managed a sprint finish as I had a runner behind me for the last 3/4's and felt like he was sat on my shoulder his breathing felt so close, but decided to go for the sprint and he followed so that kept me going right to the line where we both nearly fell in a heap!! LOL
NEW PB of 44:51 (Garmin time - line to line) which i'm proper chuffed with @ avg 7:11m/m pace!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice meeting Gold Pig again and Martin!! See you at Stockport mate!!
Welcome, Runnaholic - hope you're soon on the run again
Paul W., I don't like to say, 'I told you so...' but, there, I just have! Excellent peebeeing, mate
- it's quite a testing course as I recall.
6pm First day with half decent conditions for a long while - 4.5 miles at a comfortable pace with a couple of easy rises [not overendowed with hills, Liverpool]. Cool, dry and just a gentle breeze.
38:01
A steady 9 miles for me at mid day. fancied listenining to a bit of Blur so went into the Bs on mp3 only to discover i've only got 4 tracks by 'em. That wasn't enough so i decide to go back to random play all.
I really messed up. Can only assume mp3 got stuck in the B section so had to listen to Black Sabbath greatest hits for 1hr 9 min! What a nightmare. Didn't want to stop & sort it out cos my mp3 was two clothes layers down. A tough run.
My longest run ever this morning: 20miles in 2:56. All in all, quite pleased with that. Can now allow a slight run down to xmas before picking it back up again for a final push to a marathon in April.
Yet more rain on the run, luckily I had my goretex top on this time, so was ok. Was a bit uncomforable when the hailstones started getting into my trainers!!
Now I've got to eat about 2300cal..............any suggestions?
Had slightly different run today!!
The sister-in-law wanted a running buddy as she's just taken up running so I volunteered as I had a race day yesterday and was just looking for a low tempo recovery run anyway.
I jogged to her house 1.25 miles in just short of 9 mins, then we went out and did 2.17 at her pace which was fine as the weather was good and the rain had stopped just after we set off. Few stops to get our breath but all in all a decent run. Dropped her off back home, quick natter and set of home.
All together just short of five miles, just what I needed and the legs feel nice and loose now!!
EVEN the wife has now expressed an interest in getting out there and joining her sister which can only be a good thing. She may get into it and it'd be great to do a race with her, i'd love it in fact!!
Clowne Half Marathon
Ran this today, my second ever HM. My previous time was 1:56 in the GNR. I was aiming for 1:50 today and kind of hoping for 1:45. I achieved 1:38:37, which I am ecstatic about
. The race started in dry weather but it started to rain about 1 mile in. It continued until around 7 miles or so and then relented for the remainder of the race. Around 8 miles I decided to stay on the shoulder of a guy who had just overtaken me, reasoning that he would pull me in for a good time. I stayed with him until 800 miles from the finish and rather guitily sprinted for the finish, leaving him behind. despite the weather I thoroughly enjoyed it and did not mind the rain at all. in fact it was good to experience those conditions. Roll on Stockport 10 in 2 weeks. 
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Pretty happy with that - still on course for my first half marathon for nearly 20 years in March.
Johny fp: Sprinting the last 800 miles? Now that's what I call stamina!
Hello all,
not run since last Sunday as the ankle was grumbling so knew Clowne half today would be tough, but thankfully my friend chivvied me through the last three miles when i was struggling. Actually PB'd by two seconds according to my Garmin, so chuffed with that considering how badly the training has gone since the Worksop half. Now to rest and ice the ankle.
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